~
veg out ( tuo gev )
…
goodbye broccoli
goodnight carrots
laters potatoes
adieu sweetcorn
spinach – in a bit
( y’ tit )
& so to bed, beans
hasta la vista – leeks
see you anon, swede
nice one turnips
peace out – peas
au revoir parsnips
fuck off sprouts
…
~
humphh ( hhpmuh )
…
righting a song
in the wronging of along
hymns in the head
with y’ leaden legs of dread
trot like a fox
or a monkey with the pox
paws at the lights
as the even’ breeze – she bites
stop ’til it’s green
& the now’s a bouncing bean
gurn at the bend
with a poem what y’ penned
burning a page
in the book of endless beige
down in the frown
of a pickled onion town
then with a pen
& a rubber duck or hen
squawk in a line
or the local swine will fine
wait in the queue
but the queue won’t wait for you
dressed for the rain
but the rain – he never came
…
~
g.o.a.t berry ( yrreb t.a.o.g )
…
shining on the vine
hangs old king alfred the grape
– grapest of all time
…
~
goss dross toss ( ssot ssord ssog )
…
have you heard the latest?
the poet down the road
is worshipping a hedgehog god
as per so & so
he of touching trees
muddy trouser swagger
fodder of the bots
phantom of the hunters
the spanner in a raincoat
the scaper”s goat – g.o.a.t
is picking rowan berries – there
& talking to a toadstool
where the air is sylphid
& singing songs within
instead of talking to
the likes of i & you
we, the weaseled tropes
with ghosts in our software
…
~
catty ( yttac )
…
nap like a catfish
purr like a catterpillar
catkins on a branch
…
~
merry old … ( … dlo yrrem )
…
e xeter
n ewcastle
g loucester
l ondon
a tlantis
n arnia
d erby
…
~
david lloyd george ( egroeg dyoll divad )
…
galvanised kneecaps
intergalactic panpipes
pea soup boomerangs
…
~
songs of the summer ( so far ) ( ( raf os ) remmus eht fo sgnos )
…
diabetic midwife – scotch egg hatchling
hyperspace clive – mushy pea beats
dyslexic dental assistants – love on the m42
susan’s shoe – ( acapela instrumental )
ketchup kenneth – the ombudsman’s missus
vacant anus – marmite massacre
the parsnip farmers – piss off & diary
gavin in a milkfloat – the goat nextdoor
narnia f.c – the prog days of summer
d.j ball sack – technicolour dream scroat
…
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( alternative names for rain ) ( niar rof seman evitanretla )
…
utnapishtim pish
spent pennies from heaven
what the quack ordered
the waz of the gods
high tides on magonia
floating noah’s boat
a river’s lifeblood
answering the shaman’s dance
bringer of puddles
quencher of gardens
& the splash within a birdbath
a storm’s hearth fire
why cagoules are cool
mate of macs & anoraks
grass’s ganymede
feeder of the trees
filler of ponds, lochs & lakes
sating all again
…
~
why not write about … ? ( ? … tuoba etirw ton yhw )
…
granny knotted baling twine
not a reef or hercules
why the green finch
is purple in your journals
buttons of the bronze age
once upon a swan
postcards from nowhere’s
hairy anus
partridges in beech trees
& the latest shrew news
humpty dumpty, humpbacks
the whales or the bridges
…
resarf poetry 